Across
- 1. altar
- 2. seeing space
- 7. facilitated rapid change of roles, made it easier for male actors to play female characters, helped the actor in assuming roles of different types
- 10. considered the father of Western philosophy
- 14. ancient Greek word for a king who did not inherit their throne, but had taken it
- 15. high-backed seats were reserved for ___________
- 18. usage of words to express thought
- 19. support the plot, their motivation drives the play
- 21. how speech reveals character
- 22. the god of wine and fertility, whose blessing was sought to ensure the fertility of humans and the land
- 24. emphasized the attempts of human characters to control their own destinies
- 25. comes from the Greek verb meaning “to do” or “to act.”
- 27. in Greek means dance, main role was to sing and dance in between dramatic episodes
Down
- 1. comes the the Greek word theatron, which means place of seeing
- 3. dancing space
- 4. first recorded theatrical event – best tragedy contest
- 5. song sung by chorus should be part of the plot
- 6. a monster sent by the goddess Hera to protect the city of Thebes, which was part lion, part eagle, and part woman
- 8. the origin of our word scene, provided a place for actors to relax or to change costumes and masks
- 9. a creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat, famous for being drunk and sexual
- 11. the first great theorist of dramatic art, who defined the word tragedy in his work Poetics
- 12. the arrangements of the events in the play
- 13. performed by large choruses
- 16. a religious and civic celebration where theatrical performances were given as offerings from the city to Dionysus
- 17. an act of injustice
- 20. had huge advances in philosophy, rhetoric, literature, science, architecture, and visual arts
- 23. something to shock the audience
- 26. wrote around 123 plays, only 7 of which survive